The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has announced that the country’s first nuclear power plant will be established within the next 24-30 months.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it will provide $500 million in loans for the construction of an 800 MW power plant in Khulna, Bangladesh.
Siemens Gamesa has won a contract to supply 471 MW of wind turbines to Neoenergia, Iberdrola’s Brazilian subsidiary.
Siemens has received an order for three SGT-4000F gas turbines from United Arab Emirates (UAE).
GE has agreed to sell its Distributed Power business to Advent International, a private-equity group based in Germany, for $3.25 billion.
Milestones at two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors under construction in China were passed last week. First criticality was achieved at Sanmen 1, and fuel loading began in Haiyang 1.
Nagabhushana Reddy, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that India and Nigeria will work together to develop renewable energy in Nigeria, in line with international agreements signed by both countries.
The EU has finalised new climate rules after months of talks, targeting a total energy saving of 32.5 per cent and an increase in the share of renewable energy to 32 per cent by 2030.
GE Power and Vattenfall Wärme Berlin, a subsidiary of Vattenfall, have announced the new MXL2 with Additive Manufactured Performance (AMP), the world’s first upgrade solution for GE’s GT13E2 gas turbines that uses key components manufactured using additive technology.
Eskom has warned that the South African power system could take up to ten days to recover from the effects of the recently-resolved industrial action.